The Tale: The stories that made it through
their team finals have been trnasformed back into books and carried here.
It is too dangerous to carry more than one book at a time, since one encounter
with a Koopa or a Mario affiliate could spell the end of it. One book at
each of the three Gates will make it into the Castle. But the guards have
been instructed by Bowser to not allow books in, so the Koopalings are
going to have to wheel-and-deal it in. Trying to sneak in more than one
book is asking way to much, so only the story that impresses the guards
the most will get in.

The Rules: The Gate is a round four
competition. It will be scored on a scale of 5 points, with 5 going to
the story that receives the most votes. This is a four day competition
starting on Sunday, and with tiebreakers held if necessary. Each team sends
one representative (barring a tie) to this round. The winner will advance
to the fifth round; all other stories will return to round three (on their
team). There are three scoreboards in each round; each one contains the
rep for two of the teams, and there is no limit to how many stories can
be on a scoreboard.

Key

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points; 5 points for first place,
4 points for second...

first place; advances to next round

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second, third, fourth, and fifth
place; drop down one level

beyond fifth; drops down one level

DBR

story dropped by request

tiebreaker

bonus point (see rules); story
receives one extra point for their total score